⁵ For I consider myself ^(A)in no way inferior to the ^[a]most-eminent apostles.

Concern for the Corinthian Church

¹¹ I have become ^(A)foolish; you yourselves compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, for ^(B)in no respect was I inferior to the ^[a]most-eminent apostles, even if ^(C)I am nothing.

² And I went up ^[a]because of a ^(A)revelation, and I laid out to them the ^(B)gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but I did so in private to those who were of reputation, lest somehow I might be ^(C)running, or had run, in vain.

⁶ But from those who ^[a]were of high ^(A)reputation (what they were makes no difference to me; ^(B)God ^[b]shows no partiality)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me.

³ For ^(A)if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.